Dumping-wagon.



No. 789,698. PATENTED MAY 9, 1905.

S. G. LANCASTER.

DUMPING WAGON.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 9. 1905.

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DUMPING WAGON.

ALPLIOATION FILED JAN. 9.1905.

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PATENTED MAY 9, 1905.

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PATENT OFFICE.

DUMPlNG-WAGON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 789,698, dated May 9,1905.

Original application filed July 11, 1904, Serial No. 216,096. Dividedand this application filed January 9, 1905. Serial No. 240,259.

To all whom it nuty concern.-

Be it known that I, SAMUEL CHRISTOPHER LANCASTER, a resident of Jackson,in the county of Madison and State of Tennessee, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Dumping-Wagons; and I do hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in dumping-wagons, and moreparticularly to steering mechanism therefor, this application being adivision of application for patent filed by me July 11, 1904, anddesignated by Serial No. 216,096.

The object of my present invention is to provide improved axleconstruction and wheeland-tongue mountings to enable the wheels ateither end to be employed as steering-wheels or locked against movement,as may be desired.

With this object in view the invention consists in certain novelfeatures of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts, ashereinafter set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in side elevationillustrating my improvements. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view. Figs. 3 and4 are views of the opposite ends of the wagon, and Fig. 5 is an enlargedview illustrating the axle-stub mounting.

1 1 represents the body sections of the wagon, which are pivotallyconnected at their upper inner ends and are made with inclined bottoms,sloping downward to their meeting edges, giving to the body the generalhoppershape shown, so that all material in the body is directed to thecenter and downward and must leave the body when the sections areseparated even very slightly and not stick to the sections, as would bethe case were the sections of a shape such as ordinarily used.

The axles 2 and 3 each comprise upper and lower channel-irons, connectedby side plates securely riveted thereto, and one of said axles(indicated by the numeral 3) is connected with a body-section 1 byvertical bars 1, having cross-braces 5, and is also connected by anapproximately horizontal pair of bars 6 with the body-section near theinner edge of its bottom. The other axle 2 has a pivot-pin 7, projectinghorizontally through the center of the axle'and through the lower end ofa vertical yoke 8, secured to the other body-section, and said pin 7is'secured at itsinner end to a horizontal yoke 9, secured to thebodyseetion bottom near its inner edge. This construction permits theaxle to tilt in passing ungven places in the road without tilting the b0y.

At the ends of both axles 2 and 3 stubs 10 are provided and located atright angles to sleeves 11, which carry them. These sleeves 11 aredisposed vertically between the upper and lower angle-irons of the axleand have conical bores at their ends to receive coneshaped thimbles orjournals 12, screw-threaded at their ends to permit them to be adjustedvertically in threaded openings in the channelirons and take up wear,and bolts 13 are passed through said thimbles and sleeves and secured bynuts 14 to firmly hold the parts at any adjustment.

Tongues 15 are pivoted to brackets 16 on both axles'2 and 3 andconnected by links 18 with arms 19 on the sleeves 11 to turn the stubsat will, and yokes 17 are secured to the axles and extend over thetongues and are each provided with eyes to aline with openings in thetongues when straight to receive pins to lock the tongues and wheels ateither end.

By this arrangement of parts it will be seen that the wheels at eitherend of the wagon can be employed as steering-wheels, and thedraftanimals or engine can be attached to either end and operate thewagon equally well. This is especially desirable where the wagon is inuse on narrow roads, enabling it to be drawn back and forth withoutturning around by simply reversing the draft-animals or engine from endto end of the wagon.

Below the bottom of one body-section 1a shaft 20 is mounted in suitablebearings and projects beyond the sides of the body, where it is providedwith spools or 'drums 21, and chains 22 are secured to said drums, woundthereon, and secured at their other ends to the other body-section, anda gear 22 is provided I00 on this shaft at one side of the wagon,meshing with a pinion 23 on a short shaft 24:, supported in a suitablebearing 25 and made angular at its end to receive a suitable wrench orcrank-arm to turn the same and open or close the body-sections, and aratchet-dog 26 is adapted to engage gear 22 to control the operation ofthe shaft and hold the same in any adjustment. To look the body-sectionstogether, catches 27 are provided at both sides of one section andcomprise crossed arms pivoted together and having hooks 28 at one end toengage and hold arrow-head lugs 29 on the other body-section, and saidarms are provided with springs between them, which tend to force thehooks 28 together, and it will be observed that when the body-sectionsare brought together the arrow-heads of lugs 29 will enter betweenthehooks and be automatically locked. To permit opening of hooks, a rod 30extends across beneath the body-section and has eccentrics 31 locatedbetween the arms 27, and a lever 32 is located on one end of this rod 30to permit the same and eccentrics to be simultaneously turned to open orseparate both pairs of arms and release the lugs 29 when it is desiredto separate the wagon-body sections.

A great many slight changes might be made in the general form andarrangement of the parts described without departing from my invention,and hence I do not restrict myself to the precise details set forth, butconsider myself at liberty to make such slight changes and alterationsas fairly fall within the spirit and scope of my invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a dumping-wagon, the combination with two body-sections and meansfor connecting them, of an axle attached to each bodysection,wheelssupporting each axle, said axles movable away from and toward eachother, a tongue having pivotal connection with each axle, meansconnected with the tongues for steering the wagon from either end, andmeans for locking either tongue against pivotal movement.

2. In a dumping-wagon, the combination with an axle comprising parallelhorizontal channel-irons and side plates connecting them, of verticalsleeves mounted between the channel-irons and having conical bores intheir ends, conical thimbles or journals in the ends of said sleeves,and screw-threaded to screw through openings in the channel-irons, abolt passed through said thimbles and sleeve, and secured in place by anut, and axle-stubs carried by said sleeves.

3. In a dumping-wagon, the combination with an axle, comprising a frameof vertical sleeves in the ends of said frame having conical bores attheir ends, conical thimbles or journals screwed through openings in theframe and projected into the ends of the sleeves, axle-stubs carried bysaid sleeves, arms on said sleeves, a tongue pivoted to the axle, andlinks connecting said tongue with the arms to move the stubs and wheelswhen the tongue is moved.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

SAMUEL CHRISTOPHER LANCASTER. Witnesses:

W. P. BUTLER, 'HARRY D. ARNOLD.

